The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Sept. 2 granted Metra’s application for terminal trackage rights to continue ...

The Surface Transportation Board has granted Metra’s request for terminal trackage rights on three Union Pacific lines in the ...

A freight train derailment halted service for several hours on the Metra BNSF line in Chicago's west suburbs.

CHICAGO (CBS) – Inbound and outbound Metra SWS trains are operating with an extensive delay after a freight train struck a car in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday morning. The crash ...

Wheaton residents were forced to find alternate routes after a freight train struck a vehicle Monday, blocking nearly every ...

AURORA, Ill. — Commuters in the western suburbs faced some delays after a freight train derailed on Friday morning. According to officials from BNSF, the derailment unfolded just before 5:30 a.m ...

A man was seriously injured when a freight train hit a car in Harvard, Illinois, early Thursday morning. According to the ...

By Sara Tenenbaum Click here for updates on this story BELLWOOD, Illinois (WBBM) — Police were investigating a possible freight train burglary in suburban Bellwood, Illinois Tuesday morning. CBS ...

Inbound trains on Metra's Milwaukee-District North Line are stopped near Northbrook after an unoccupied vehicle was struck by a freight train near Lake Cook Road, Metra officials said.

A derailed freight train at 123rd Street on the city's Far South Side is causing delays on the Rock Island Metra Line that travels to and from Joliet.

A driver was seriously injured after a freight train crashed into his car Thursday morning in Chicago's far northwest suburbs.